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Living With Multiple Sclerosis Disease Progression

Wednesday, November 14th, 2007

Elizabeth Auld, PA- C––Spinal Cord Program, MSCS,VA Connecticut Healthcare System,West Haven, Connecticut
Introduction
Research into what is happening to the central nervous system in multiple sclerosis (MS) gives hope that the disease can be slowed and eventually cured or prevented. Realistically, persons with MS understand that until there is a cure, they will have to accept and [...]

Posted in All Articles, Preventative Health, Primary Progressive MS, Quality of Life, Relapsing-progressive MS, Secondary Progressive MS | 1 Comment »

Infections and Vaccinations in MS: Causative Roles?

Tuesday, July 9th, 2002

Expert Consultant
Andrew D. Goodman, MD, Department of Neurology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY
Progress to Date
Since multiple sclerosis (MS) lesions seem to be caused by immune attacks, one likely explanation for MS is that it is an autoimmune disease; that is, a disease in which the immune system incorrectly identifies one of the body’s [...]

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Bladder Symptoms and Multiple Sclerosis

Tuesday, April 16th, 2002

Harris E. Foster, Jr., MD, Associate Professor of Surgery (Urology), Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
Progress to Date
As the ads for adult urinary pads discretely imply, bladder control problems are uncomfortable and potentially embarrassing, unfortunately, bladder symptoms are very common in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). Up to 80% of patients with [...]

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